Restoration
18th/19th Century
Actors/Acting Companies
Plays/Playwrights
Wild Card
100
The period immediately after Charles II was restored to the throne is known as this.
What is the Restoration?
100
This 19th century theatre form became so popular that it led to numerous technical innovations (elevator stages, revolving stages, moving panoramas, etc.)
What is melodrama?
100
This popular 19th century actress was called "Divine" and was famous for sleeping in a coffin (she also once slapped another actress at Moliere's birthday party).
Who is Sarah Bernhardt?
100
This playwright (he wrote The Rivals) was also a politician and a theatre manager.
Who was Richard Brinsley Sheridan?
100
This philosopher declared that god is dead.
Who is Nietzsche?
200
Roles in which women dressed as men are called....
What are breeches roles?
200
The German theatre movement was a reaction against 18th century rationalism.
What is sturm und drang?
200
These were the two actors involved in the Astor Place Riots.
Who were Forrest and Macready?
200
Catharine Trotter, Mary Pix, and Delariviere Manley were all part of a famous Restoration writing group known as this.
What is the Female Wits?
200
This is the symbol for the Moscow Art Theatre.
What is the seagull?
300
This type of Restoration drama was influenced by the works of Moliere, dealt with the upper class, prominently featured language, and made use of the double entendre.
What is comedy of manners?
300
Sturm und drang first influenced this 19th century theatre form.
What is romanticism?
300
This 19th century German theatre company changed the way scenery was done (incorporating only realistic elements), created the first prop houses, and changed the way crowd scenes were done. They also influenced professional theatre in Germany, France, and Russia.
What is the Saxe-Meiningen Players?
300
This female playwright wrote in the "comedy of intrigue" style--her most famous work was The Rover.
Who is Aphra Behn?
300
The Industrial Revolution led to these global/cultural changes (name 2).
What are: populations shifted to cities, rise in pollution in cities, rise in modern media, workers rights.
400
These are specific character types (during the Restoration) that an actor or actress would play from the start of their career until their retirement (ex. Leading roles, secondary roles, etc.)
What are lines of business?
400
The prologue for School for Scandal is written by this actor/manager.
Who is David Garrick?
400
This famous acting family included Edmund (who played villains) and Charles (who became famous for the historical accuracy of his productions).
Who were the Keans?
400
The famous playwright wrote Camille and considered it his duty as a playwright to better society (thesis plays).
Who is Alexandre Dumas fils?
400
This idea (attributed to Darwin) was one of the driving forces in the Realistic theatre movement...behavior comes from:
What is heredity and environment?
500
This Restoration actress was famous for starting her career as an orange wench...and for being the king's mistress.
Who was Nell Gwynn?
500
The expression that came into being during Chekhov's first play (Ivanov): if you have a pistol hanging on the wall in the first act, then it must fire in the last act.
What is Chekhov's gun?
500
This British theatre family formed an acting troupe that was one of the first to tour in the United States.
Who were the Hallams?
500
This scholar and artist was one of the first in France to argue against the Neoclassical ideal (he wrote drames)...he also wrote the first encyclopedia AND was the first to incorporate the concept of the 4th wall.
Who is Denis Diderot?
500
This person influenced the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, and England's impressment policy.
Who is Napoleon?
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